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pil·chard  (plchrd)

n.

Any of various small marine fishes related to the herrings, especially a commercially important edible species, Sardina pilchardus, of European waters.

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pilchard [ˈpɪltʃəd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters

[pylcher, of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pilchard - small fatty fish usually canned       sardine saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	pilchard - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring Sardina pilchardus, sardine clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina - pilchards Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea - small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America

Translations

pilchard [ˈpɪltʃəd] N → sardina f

pilchard [ˈpɪltʃə^rd] n → pilchard m

pilchard

n → Sardine f

pilchard [ˈpɪltʃəd] n → sardina